WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (AP) – (Kyodo)—The Treasury Department said Thursday it has slapped additional sanctions on key financial backers of the military-led government in Myanmar.

“Congress and the administration have made clear the need to apply vigorous sanctions against the Burmese junta as long as it continues to suppress democratic dissent,” said Adam Szubin, director for the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“The junta’s imprisonment of prominent democracy advocates confirms Burma’s unwillingness to abide by international commitments and underscores the need to maintain pressure against one of the world’s worst violators of human rights,” he said in a statement.

The latest action added two individuals and 14 companies to a blacklist, which had subjected 100 individuals and entities to its Myanmar sanctions.

The Treasury said the additional sanctions target Zaw Zaw and Win Aung, their business networks and the business networks of two already-designated associates of the junta, Tay Za and Steven Law.

Zaw Zaw is managing director of the Max Myanmar Group of Companies, which has provided important services in support of the Myanmar junta. Win Aung has made large financial donations to the junta and provided services supporting the junta on significant construction projects.